Ash Ketchum's Age - Pokémon Fact of The Day

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Комментарии • 13 тыс.

  • @jameswilson-th9ci
    @jameswilson-th9ci 9 лет назад +210

    Ash is probably holding everstone XD

    • @plav6067
      @plav6067 7 лет назад +8

      ... oh gawd ASH IS A POKEMON CONFIRMED

    • @aapolantta7508
      @aapolantta7508 6 лет назад +8

      Gamoo Mr.Mime is dad

    • @daijun563
      @daijun563 5 лет назад +4

      They never said it doesn’t work on humans

    • @RongDMemer
      @RongDMemer 3 года назад +1

      I mean his rowlet drop an ever stone on his backpack

    • @alonsoadrian1363
      @alonsoadrian1363 3 года назад

      I realize I am kinda off topic but does anyone know a good website to stream new movies online?

  • @tetsiga45XxX
    @tetsiga45XxX 10 лет назад +8

    Ash is in omni-purgatory. He is locked at a constant skill and age. This is why all his friends leave him and Pikachu is his only partner. Arceus is trying to teach him something but he just wont fucking LEARN!!!!!!!

  • @pokeanand
    @pokeanand 10 лет назад +5

    Realistic Pokemon:
    Ash arrives in Unova with his Pokemon that should be at least level 70 from Sinnoh, since that's the level you're supposed to be in when you finish the Sinnoh games, along with a level 100 Pikachu, and burns down the homes of the Level 12 gym leaders.

  • @L_Selverne
    @L_Selverne 10 лет назад +10

    blame Dialga for this outrage

  • @Kaiscoolness
    @Kaiscoolness 10 лет назад +8

    look, if you guys think ash's previous voice was bad, you should hear the danish one. Eugh.

  • @icejustice6122
    @icejustice6122 11 лет назад +6

    Coma theory: maybe if he won the tournament he wouldn't get the same joy of trying it, and there would be less to live for. Don't dump some explanations on me, I'm just trying to speculate on how that COULD work. It's just a theory, a gaming theory.
    Respond if you get the reference :D

  • @dude99844
    @dude99844 10 лет назад +4

    What if every series is a parallel universe

  • @princesshannah7
    @princesshannah7 9 лет назад

    I think this was the video that finally convinced me to read Pokemon Adventures. I'm halfway through the HeartGold and SoulSilver chapter right now and it's been a great read. Thanks JWittz!

  • @raedyer4614
    @raedyer4614 9 лет назад +20

    The real reason Ash doesn't age is because ITS A DAMN CARTOON!

    • @ladyriethegoldendelmo5441
      @ladyriethegoldendelmo5441 6 лет назад +2

      not really... some character do age like captain rex from star wars or naruto... so...

    • @gaming1zanagi-1999
      @gaming1zanagi-1999 4 года назад

      Actually in anime the character aged plus cartoon and anime are different

  • @balianimator
    @balianimator 9 лет назад

    You can't dream in a coma. BAM, look it up.

  • @tomoluis_01
    @tomoluis_01 9 лет назад

    Probably there's a floating timeline, JWittz.

  • @GabrielJaggernauth
    @GabrielJaggernauth 7 лет назад

    You can't blame Ash for losing to Trips Snivy tho... Cause it did lose its ability to use electric abilities before the battle, And he didn't know it

  • @ashleydavila5602
    @ashleydavila5602 9 лет назад +1

    Mostly people on TV don't age even animation

  • @tymime
    @tymime 6 лет назад

    Why are so many fan theories basically "they're dead" or "in a coma" or "in purgatory"?

  • @juliecangialosi7183
    @juliecangialosi7183 9 лет назад

    Maybe Ash's happyness is to battle for ever

  • @JacobCross17
    @JacobCross17 9 лет назад

    When you were talking about the Pokemon Protagonists, it reminded me of something I did, from all those posts of all Pokemon Protagonists all together, I want and started looking for them in both movies and episodes of pokemon, and guess what... all male and female Protagonists were founded... all except for Green... probably when I have more time, I'll try again, and maybe I'll find her in another episode or something, but for now, 9/10 if you ask me XD

    • @evanbao93
      @evanbao93 9 лет назад

      +PC-NAME: Jacob-Cross Green is not in the anime.... unless you count Serena.

    • @JacobCross17
      @JacobCross17 9 лет назад

      Ya, I wondered about that... for a bit...

  • @SadoMessiahLP
    @SadoMessiahLP 8 лет назад

    I think they let the protagonists of black and white be older because they realised that Kids dont play Pokemon anymore. The most people who who play the games are adults who have grown up with Pokemon. That also explains why they now allow Pokemon to die and make a big deal out of it (necromancy) and this could also explain why there is a world destroying weapon in X and Y

  • @alphamarigi
    @alphamarigi 9 лет назад

    Five tournaments. Battle frontier and Orange League were challenges a la gyms.

  • @ethankogan4365
    @ethankogan4365 9 лет назад

    I think ash is over 1000 years old because he saw Jirachi twice and Jirachi only appears every 1000 years

  • @mattascencion6317
    @mattascencion6317 9 лет назад +1

    Seriously, if you're watching this, whoever is currently in charge with the Pokémon Anime, PLEASE do a time skip and make Ash at least 12 or 13. You don't need to have him the same age as your target audience. If you make Ash older, then the kids will have a protagonist to look up to even more and still relate to him. I can also guarantee that you'll have more of an audience, because kids who are 12 and 13 can now relate to Ash. You also don't have to change Ash's personality, just make him older. Nothing bad can come out of this idea, there's only upside. If you're going to do an ongoing anime, then your character has to at least have some development.

  • @crazyr3dpanda576
    @crazyr3dpanda576 6 лет назад

    Maybe each new season is an alternative timeline

  • @carrere11218
    @carrere11218 10 лет назад +4

    tim duncan. Bahha!

    • @WhiteMambaInc
      @WhiteMambaInc 10 лет назад

      xD. True, but I bet that I am the only one that gets that joke around here. Lol

    • @carrere11218
      @carrere11218 10 лет назад

      And here i thought i was the only pokemon fan that likes the nba. Well i love the spurs. This kinda made my night!

    • @WhiteMambaInc
      @WhiteMambaInc 10 лет назад

      Thunder all the way. I just do not want the heat to Three peat. Paul George is going to carry the pacers past the heat... I hope...

    • @edwardkenway1177
      @edwardkenway1177 10 лет назад

      Courtland Carrere I LOVE THE NBA and pokemon

  • @bein18
    @bein18 9 лет назад

    It makes me so sad to watch the BW2 anime shorts and know it's not getting a full series. IT HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL!!1! Well, at least we've got Pokemon Origins...

  • @siraren3418
    @siraren3418 7 лет назад

    I love Ash being 10 year old

  • @mookooy
    @mookooy 9 лет назад

    in Black and White dawn mentions she is going to join the walace cup again this happened after he was said to be 10. so he is 11

  • @whynesspower
    @whynesspower 5 лет назад

    Ash might have the timestone. Dr strange is helping him

  • @BlueHasAppeared
    @BlueHasAppeared 9 лет назад +383

    Dermatologists hate him

    • @moekitsune
      @moekitsune 9 лет назад +3

      Blue NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @DG0398
      @DG0398 9 лет назад +20

      Blue Discover how this man from Kanto has virtually stopped aging!
      - The secret that dermatologists don't want you to know...

    • @moekitsune
      @moekitsune 9 лет назад +10

      Drew Gaughan
      Not the scams! NOT THE SCAAAAAAAAAAMS!

    • @PitoHui2
      @PitoHui2 9 лет назад

      lol

    • @emo5923
      @emo5923 4 года назад

      Blue so does gary

  • @Someone-nd5gr
    @Someone-nd5gr 9 лет назад +426

    One huge fault with the Coma theory...
    *You can't dream in a coma.*

  • @oliearomin
    @oliearomin 9 лет назад +294

    I wish there was another pokemon origins, gen 2 of course

    • @dannyboi451
      @dannyboi451 9 лет назад +27

      Luis Iron i wish it were longer...fuck that series it went too fast. only four episodes? not for me

    • @alicaido6616
      @alicaido6616 9 лет назад +16

      I wish it was an actual full on series! It was AMAZING! I really enjoyed it and would love to see more of it.

    • @dannyboi451
      @dannyboi451 9 лет назад

      exactly wgat i mean heath. in all honesty it was fine but it should have been longer

    • @Drakelx55
      @Drakelx55 9 лет назад +7

      Luis Iron I wish there was one for every game

    • @igokoma
      @igokoma 9 лет назад

      Little Einstein if that ever exists if kris doesn't appear i will literally cry
      her anime appearance was shit :

  • @josh11735
    @josh11735 10 лет назад +42

    It's more than obvious why Ash doesn't age... The game's internal battery ran dry... xP

    • @syther5566
      @syther5566 10 лет назад

      lol

    • @ZeldagigafanMatthew
      @ZeldagigafanMatthew 10 лет назад

      Except for the gen 4 games and beyond, which use the system time currently on the DS.

    • @josh11735
      @josh11735 10 лет назад

      ***** but Ash was born in first gen, where does that leave him? O_o

    • @syther5566
      @syther5566 10 лет назад

      josh11735 he just doenst age .. well cartoon actually doesnt age the creators make them age ..

    • @josh11735
      @josh11735 10 лет назад

      blader linker That answer is just too easy and not punny enough :P

  • @zenmastakilla
    @zenmastakilla 9 лет назад +44

    The target demographic isn't 10 anymore...

    • @Xeldafied
      @Xeldafied 9 лет назад +2

      Say's who? That's obviously WHO they're targetting, maybe not necessarily a portion of the fandom though.

    • @BowsahBackAtYa
      @BowsahBackAtYa 9 лет назад +10

      Xelda He was just referring to how most 10 year olds (now-a-days) play something like... Call of Duty over Pokemon. Sad but true.

    • @zestytacos5959
      @zestytacos5959 9 лет назад +4

      They need to put more mature stuff in the games and anime cause everyone who likes it is older now

  • @babsseed5168
    @babsseed5168 10 лет назад +38

    I think that Ash steals youth of all of his female companions and sells their bodies to the black market.

  • @TubezThe1
    @TubezThe1 9 лет назад +156

    That coma theory does not make any sense. When you are in a coma, you can't imagine things that you have never scene before, let alone generations worth.

  • @N8sLaxLife
    @N8sLaxLife 10 лет назад +115

    Ash actually is older in the xy series. Him, Serena, and Clemont were officially announced to be 14. So...We got a four year time skip.

    • @TheTundraTerror
      @TheTundraTerror 10 лет назад +19

      Which episode? Also... video is a year old...

    • @mdralr3
      @mdralr3 10 лет назад +4

      FINALLY!

    • @jorgemendes221
      @jorgemendes221 10 лет назад +23

      where did you see that information?

    • @BonusSui96
      @BonusSui96 10 лет назад +8

      Finally they age him and ash looked older in X and Y

    • @zizo2403
      @zizo2403 10 лет назад +7

      I never saw that...

  • @kaein2973
    @kaein2973 8 лет назад +76

    what i dont get is why dont they just change main protagonist? A new protagonist would provide awesome opportunity for older characters to make cameos and makes it so that i wouldnt be so mess up that ash just abandons his pokemon to professor oak and go catch new ones.

    • @mattok101digitaltamer9
      @mattok101digitaltamer9 4 года назад +2

      @Hollow Tim I hate that

    • @gaming1zanagi-1999
      @gaming1zanagi-1999 4 года назад

      @@mattok101digitaltamer9 same I mean tbh I feel that they should make the anime adaptation of the game's protagonist the same as we played as so that we can relate more than rely solely on ash as the main role while putting the protagonist that we played as the third person who holds to little until to no roles whatsoever especially when we.play the games series we often or may shipped the protagonist with for example with Dawn if we played the classic trilogy version in DS

    • @gaming1zanagi-1999
      @gaming1zanagi-1999 4 года назад

      @@mattok101digitaltamer9 tl;dr sure if they want to remained constant on making ash as the main guy and having a relationship with serena but at least they should've make another adaptation where it follows up the game like having our silent protagonist Red more role and romance thing going on like him with Dawn or etc depending on the game

    • @gaming1zanagi-1999
      @gaming1zanagi-1999 4 года назад

      @@mattok101digitaltamer9 sorry for the rant btw😅 but I really dissapointed that it is drive off away from the game kind of since welp it is obvious that we can relate more to the character we played as than the non existent one in games

    • @chrisclack4258
      @chrisclack4258 3 года назад

      Ash Ketchum is only doing that because Gary Oak decided to do the same with his starter pokemon with is A blastoise with was A squirtle every one seem to forget that is why Ash Ketchum only take his pikachu with him on the start of each new pokemon journey

  • @MegaRay220
    @MegaRay220 7 лет назад +32

    I know why Ash sucks at being a trainer.
    Ash is 10
    Red is 11
    Red>Ash
    Myth Busted

    • @skyscavenger7732
      @skyscavenger7732 7 лет назад

      Sure, dude, sure...

    • @JacobHQ
      @JacobHQ 6 лет назад

      MegaRay220
      Red ages but ash dosent
      Recently red is about 21

    • @JacobHQ
      @JacobHQ 6 лет назад

      Zxylo 5
      who me

  • @dan240393
    @dan240393 9 лет назад +31

    Being 10 forever sounds like eternal happiness to me. Remember how cool everything was when you were 10? Now imagine that but with magical, monster pets and all the money you get for essentially being a major world sports star. Sign me up.
    Has anyone ever suggested that Ash could be cursed? Trapped in an ageless 10 year old body until the day he finally wins a National Championship. He can never age until he is, in fact, the very best.
    I'd love to see a Timeskip that lead to a storyline where the protagonist keeps meeting a mysterious, middle-aged mentor who turns out to be both Ash and the League Champion; winning a League started him aging again but he got all of the intervening decades in one go.

    • @chrisclack4258
      @chrisclack4258 3 года назад +2

      clearly if Ash Ketchum is not ageing then either is Misty and or Brock two name A few extra characters

    • @Hollow_Tim
      @Hollow_Tim Год назад

      Yeah but then remember how dumb you probably were when you were 10. I'd rather be 20-25 forever.

  • @Scoonga_Doonga
    @Scoonga_Doonga 10 лет назад +16

    Let's just agree that Ash has a disease that makes his body age, but not his....actual...age...

  • @swampdonkey9688
    @swampdonkey9688 8 лет назад +35

    lol tim Duncan never ages

  • @angeldude101
    @angeldude101 8 лет назад +40

    Fingers crossed for Pokemon Origins Season 2: Gold and Silver.

    • @heavydonkeykong5190
      @heavydonkeykong5190 8 лет назад +2

      +angeldude101 As long as the battles are better and the teams ar emore balanced lolol.

    • @a_user_who_commentspastran2507
      @a_user_who_commentspastran2507 7 лет назад

      Mean While I Wait For Ruby And Sapphire (Brendan/May) Or X/Y (Calem/Serena)

  • @xMrDJ254x
    @xMrDJ254x 10 лет назад +56

    Ash constantly dies and Professor Oak keeps clones.

    • @MatsuyoPlays
      @MatsuyoPlays 10 лет назад +6

      Wouldn't it make more sense for Delia to keep the clones? It would certainly explain why she's never upset with him running off on adventures, barely taking the time to stop and say hi in-between. She doesn't need him to, cuz she has his clones to keep her company

    • @xMrDJ254x
      @xMrDJ254x 10 лет назад

      MatsuyoPlays I figured the Professor would keep her in the dark about it.

    • @Gmoneyirl
      @Gmoneyirl 10 лет назад

      lololol

    • @Noman679actual
      @Noman679actual 10 лет назад +1

      Ash's father is Rusty Venture.

  • @TheSinnohman
    @TheSinnohman 10 лет назад +27

    The reason Ash keeps on losing the Leagues is because Ash's eternal happiness is an eternal Pokémon journey, so as long as he doesn't win the League, his journey will be eternal.

    • @DChipMunk
      @DChipMunk 10 лет назад

      but...there are many leagues and other battels to win except the leaugues -_-

    • @TheSinnohman
      @TheSinnohman 10 лет назад +4

      DChipMunk Exactly, but until he wins the leagues, his journey will continue. And as Ash's eternal happiness he received from Ho-Oh is an eternal journey, he'll never win ALL his battles, so he has something to work towards on his journey.

    • @DChipMunk
      @DChipMunk 10 лет назад

      Meowus Nimbus yea i got taht,but i highly doubt wining one leauge is the end of hes journey...tho i get your point,i mean...pulling a Darkrai and a Latios...why not bring Hoho into the mix and get it over with xD fucking bullshit is what it is

    • @edwardkenway1177
      @edwardkenway1177 10 лет назад

      I have been screaming this for years preach it to the choir

  • @SpookyDeerArt
    @SpookyDeerArt 6 лет назад +24

    "DOES RED AGE??" yes hes actually honeymooning in alolah, im proud

  • @emueljletgler2962
    @emueljletgler2962 10 лет назад +19

    6:25 The main problem about changing the protagonist is not Ash: is Pikachu. Removing the official mascot from the anime is a no-way.

    • @kidryder7750
      @kidryder7750 10 лет назад +6

      Maybe they could . . . they could just . . . dang it your right.

    • @aliasahah2965
      @aliasahah2965 10 лет назад +5

      The other person also has a pikachu.

  • @bokunonawa
    @bokunonawa 9 лет назад +14

    maybe the unrealized eternal happiness, even to Ash, is never having to experience puberty.

  • @ShadowFerretofD00m
    @ShadowFerretofD00m 10 лет назад +10

    I think ash is actually aging pretty realistically. Think about it. he was ten at the beginning of black and white, but since then his age hasn't been mentioned at all, and he looks pretty 11 to me......

  • @NeutralGuyDoubleZero
    @NeutralGuyDoubleZero 10 лет назад +62

    Ash is definently a good pokemon caretaker, and understander. Possibly even a great pokemon ranger if he ever became one. But he's terrible at actually succeeding. Red breaks down and beats down giovanni twice and disbands the entire rocket organization, while giovanni seems to be extremely over glorified as an unreachable villain in the anime with ash usually having trouble with the 2 most inept rocket members throughout his 4+ region journey.
    Red takes down the elite four and becomes the champion, while ash never reaches the top 3 in any of the league championships despite having what could be considered years of battle experience. NOT TO MENTION HIM LOSING TO THE FIRST GYM OF THE KALOS REGION.

    • @evanbao93
      @evanbao93 10 лет назад +1

      Are you referring to the games? Or Origins? Giovanni in Origins wipes the floor with Red with one only Pokémon, and Red barely won against him. Gamewise, Giovanni should really step up his difficulty, it's quite easy to see his weakness. Also, Ash made to the top 4 in the Sinnoh League, and considering how no else defeated Tobias's Darkrai, I say Ash is in the Top 2.
      Btw, I never recall the first gym leader to have Ice Beam, Signal Beam, Protect, *Psychic*, and Solar Beam in the games. Usually they have weaker moves such as Bubbles or Quick Attack.

    • @NeutralGuyDoubleZero
      @NeutralGuyDoubleZero 10 лет назад +6

      Evan Pan-Bao Even if we're counting origins, red still wins and beats giovanni in the end while ash never comes close to even fighting him.
      And I said that ash has never made it into the top 3 of the leagues he's been to. And still, top 2. He has never became the champ or the "very best" in his 6+ season journey over 4 regions.
      I didn't know that the first gym leader had those moves, but pikachu at this point has fought well enough battles to be level 50+. A first gym pokemon is still a first gym pokemon. Pikachu still should've been able to win.

    • @evanbao93
      @evanbao93 10 лет назад +5

      NeutralGuyDoubleZero Considering that in the last battle Red has six Pokémon, while Giovanni only had two, it's not really a fair fight to begin with. Not to mention that Giovanni had a change of heart in that special, and it's that change that caused Team Rocket to be disbanded as they were still an active organization (All Red did was thwarted their plans).
      If you know anything about how rounds work, it goes from Top 16 to Top 8 to Top 4 to Final Round. There is no Top 3 in any of the leagues. And considering that the runner up against Tobias didn't even defeat Darkrai, I say that Ash has a really high rank (Top 3 at least) in Sinnoh.
      Not to mention that Pokémon Leagues in the games is nothing like the anime Leagues. Ironically, the League that actually fits the game format is the one that Ash won, the Orange League. Let's see, four trainers you must face before heading off to face the Champion.
      And I highly recommend you actually watch the XY Gym battle before making statements like that. If there's anything I know about first Gyms of any regions, is that they must prove they (and the rest of Kalos) are not pushovers for any trainers, even if they have over 42 badges. Viola is also the sister of Alexa, the one who brought Ash to the Kalos. Viola knows that Ash is coming, that he's from Kanto, and is with his long time partner Pikachu. It is likely she had prepared for this since his arrival.

    • @NeutralGuyDoubleZero
      @NeutralGuyDoubleZero 10 лет назад +5

      Evan Pan-Bao Very true that it was a 2:6 battle, but Red is still written to thwart team rocket and actually get stuff done. Ash is for some reason left in this endless void of constantly battling the most inept members without actually moving up the food chain for any extended period of time. At least from what I've seen/heard. I'd gladly try and watch the first season of the anime if I could find the subbed versions since the english voice for ash in that season makes me want to puke. Literally. Oh god it's everywhere...
      The fact that Ash still never actually comes out on top despite doing the league challenge 4 times is still sad.
      I guess my biggest problem with ash at this point is how the writers handled him instead of the actual character. He never truly progresses or improves in the grand scheme of things. True he ends up learning a new strategy or 2 but in the end he never becomes the very best or catches em all in any region despite having over 300 episodes of time. Is there a solution to this? YES. CHANGE UP THE PROTAGANIST LIKE THE GAMES INSTEAD OF CONSTANTLY REUSING THE SAME GUY!
      Aaaaaaannnnnnddd end rant.

    • @rewt3406
      @rewt3406 9 лет назад

      Just looking at Ash, I wouldn't mind for him to grow. Getting new clothes is for someone who grows bigger. But if he doesn't get bigger, then new clothing should be out of question. Mistakes were made when they made it into a pure children's show. They didn't even try to fix episodes. They also got rid of amazing characters. Misty, Brock, Tracy... Ash doesn't even act like his usual self. The show just needs to end.

  • @shikniwho7215
    @shikniwho7215 10 лет назад +22

    i not really care about Ash's age much but the fact he still a noob all this time is annoying...

    • @9999rats
      @9999rats 10 лет назад

      do you even english?

    • @shikniwho7215
      @shikniwho7215 10 лет назад +11

      Zirus not everyone in the internet can speak english you know...

  • @lightdotogam4734
    @lightdotogam4734 9 лет назад +35

    Hey maybe the reason he loses in the eternal happiness theory is that he wants to be better (the best). Sometimes being better means learning from your mistakes!

    • @aronsantiago1761
      @aronsantiago1761 9 лет назад

      R

    • @lightdotogam4734
      @lightdotogam4734 9 лет назад

      R?

    • @donnelwaddledee965
      @donnelwaddledee965 9 лет назад

      yeah...LEARNING from his mistakes...which is why he can't fight successfully against gym leaders and copy paste rivals

    • @lightdotogam4734
      @lightdotogam4734 9 лет назад

      Oh yeah.
      Darn you cyclical routine!

    • @ProjectRedfoot
      @ProjectRedfoot 9 лет назад

      +Pikachu Thirteen I'm confused, why can't he successfully fight against them?

  • @HamsterMaster8
    @HamsterMaster8 10 лет назад +24

    I think the ho-oh theory makes a lot of sense. Ash's dream is to be a pokemon master, so if Ash never wins the pokemon league, it would be eternal happiness and he would always be chasing his dream.

  • @blodstainer
    @blodstainer 10 лет назад +19

    Mario: No chronological pattern displayed in the series
    Bond: Movies aren't chronologically connected, or in some cases at all.
    Spongebob: well... He's not alive(?)
    Bart: Sure he ages, he just never grows (blame it on Homer working at a nuclear plant)
    Tim Duncan: ....No chronological pattern displayed in the series
    Ash: Chronological pattern showed in the series, chooses to ignore them.

    • @thesynergy2
      @thesynergy2 10 лет назад +9

      I believe that "James Bond" is just a codename for their best agent. So every different actor who plays Bond is LITERALLY a new agent.

    • @blodstainer
      @blodstainer 10 лет назад

      thesynergy2 I would somewhat agree with this, except that some different bond actors are linked with each others storylines

    • @clemmu
      @clemmu 10 лет назад +5

      Spongebob has been shown to have birthdays.

    • @blodstainer
      @blodstainer 10 лет назад +3

      YumByte2 Spongebob should be mutilated, raped and put to the torch

    • @edwardkenway1177
      @edwardkenway1177 10 лет назад

      if you take his employeee of the month plaques he ends up being at leat 31

  • @QuikVidGuy
    @QuikVidGuy 9 лет назад +25

    coughdigimon

    • @missedthebandwagon976
      @missedthebandwagon976 9 лет назад +2

      I know, Pokemon has no reason to not change. Heck, when Misty and Brock left couldn't that have been the last we see of the guy? What if they even had Ash come back one day and he's champion over Kanto, that would be amazing! Though as much as we come up with cool ideas, or tell them kids will still watch the show even if Ash isn't the protagonist, they will never listen because the get paid either way so why try.>:T

    • @sparklegirl6279
      @sparklegirl6279 9 лет назад

      thank you i thought i was the only one who watched it

    • @nine_tails137
      @nine_tails137 9 лет назад +1

      sparkle girl
      NOPE! I also watch *Digimon* even NOW!
      I still need to watch season 2 and 3 of *Digimon Fusion*(or *Xros Wars* if you wish to go by the Japanese Version)

    • @comicbookkid2
      @comicbookkid2 9 лет назад

      Nine_Tails137 There is a dub?

    • @nine_tails137
      @nine_tails137 9 лет назад

      Astro Toad
      If you're asking about *Digimon Fusion*, then YES! the First Season has an English Dub. AND is available on DVD(I know because I own a Copy of Season 1)
      Season 2 and 3, I can't say.
      However, Season 2 is supposedly coming out sometime in April 2015(according to my Sources) So, It wouldn't surprise me if the rest of the Series got Dubbed as well!

  • @2HootHoot
    @2HootHoot 9 лет назад +22

    target demographic: 10 yrs
    actual demographic: 20+ yrs

  • @NotYoCheese-wb8kc
    @NotYoCheese-wb8kc 10 лет назад +27

    It's so obvious!
    Ash was born on February 29th!

    • @56Fd1
      @56Fd1 10 лет назад +1

      LOL

    • @SteelRotom
      @SteelRotom 10 лет назад

      but by the time he would have got his first pokemon, he would be forty.

    • @NotYoCheese-wb8kc
      @NotYoCheese-wb8kc 10 лет назад

      Exactly! He hides his grey hair under his hat! Well, what little grey hair he has :P

  • @rigboii
    @rigboii 10 лет назад +13

    Remember the first ever episode of the anime, Ash sees Ho Oh. The pokedex entry says "anyone who sees Ho Oh is promised eternal Happiness." What is eternal happiness for Ash? To forever be on a Pokemon journey. That's why he's forever ten.

    • @raytonlin1
      @raytonlin1 10 лет назад

      In the pokedex it doesnt say that until gen 4. So I guess he reversed in age in gen 4

  • @ZyphLegend
    @ZyphLegend 9 лет назад +27

    You know what's worse than the Ash's coma theory? The Ash is a clone theory

    • @TheDavecool1212
      @TheDavecool1212 9 лет назад +10

      They both suck and make no sense xD

    • @rosatwinkleblossom
      @rosatwinkleblossom 9 лет назад +1

      Well maybe the clone theory is better

    • @braintwo3398
      @braintwo3398 3 года назад

      I never heard of this theory and I think it's garbage

  • @AshFangirlLisa
    @AshFangirlLisa 10 лет назад +24

    Am I the only one who isn't bothered by Ash not aging?
    Sure, he's only 10. But remember, all of us were around that age when Pokemon first came out. :)
    Why have so many fans forgotten this? It doesn't make sense to me.
    Personally, I think Ash is a very positive character. And he's a great role model for everyone. He's kind, caring, and he never gives up! He's so confident and determined! And I love the fact that, Ash always stays positive, no matter how difficult a situation may seem.

    • @WarriorsProductions7
      @WarriorsProductions7 10 лет назад

      Amazing what you just typed ;) Do you think its silly that girls like Pokémon? (just wondering because the boys treat me like I'm one of them and they are friends with me but they just don't like *like* me.) Oh p.s touching story. But I'm with Team Rocket~ Sorry ;)

    • @Khroniclas
      @Khroniclas 10 лет назад

      You sound like youre in love with him

    • @AshFangirlLisa
      @AshFangirlLisa 10 лет назад +1

      Jordan Raaymakers Yes. I love Ash because he's my childhood hero. :)
      What's so wrong about that? Everyone needs a good role model.

    • @seasaltmez8007
      @seasaltmez8007 10 лет назад

      AshFangirlLisa I guess thats reasnable

    • @ThexDynastxQueen
      @ThexDynastxQueen 10 лет назад +3

      AshFangirlLisa
      I also personally don't see the big deal, most cartoons don't have normal aging protagonists. Now admittedly most also don't have an established continuity but obvious changes and references to the past do happen yet there is no mass hysteria.
      Why can't Ash be a kid forever? What does that even break in his fictional world or ours? Nothing. Sure I see the allure of progress and closure but its not like the current method isn't doing its job. After 800 episodes kids clearly don't seem to mind having a protag they can all, regardless of generation, see themselves in. Thats really cute even if we see the benefits of growth/change.
      For older fans we just move on and keep playing the games but even there we never age. Same concept, different medium and we know the games are capable of tracking real time. An aging system like the Sims would be possible yet there is little demand for such growth. Each protag just stays 10-14(?) forever and never advances to Supreme Lord of Pokemon (its way after Pokemon Master, I invented it), Ash is no different.
      Pokemon is a classic and classics that you can revisit at any age are usually timeless just like Ash (at least until the money runs out)

  • @DrGnockerz
    @DrGnockerz 10 лет назад +18

    The reason why James Bond, Spongebob and Mario's aging aren't in question as much as Ash is because their adults and their development already reached their peak, so you don't expect a lot of change in appearance. Ash is at an age where he should be experiencing major changes AND is traveling in an Odyssey type journey which means time IS passing so that's why his aging is more in question.

    • @ToxicWyvern1
      @ToxicWyvern1 10 лет назад +8

      Also unlike those others, Pokemon is an anime with every episode ending with "To be continued". This suggests that Pokemon is supposed to have some sort of continuity, with one episode happening after another.

    • @Playmobilfanatic123
      @Playmobilfanatic123 10 лет назад

      *Looks at Scooby doo*
      Nobody is bothering those guys... xP

    • @lordoftheTV
      @lordoftheTV 10 лет назад +1

      That makes a lot of sense. To be honest I think that Satoshi Tajiri (creator of Pokemon) never expected Pokemon to be so huge. The reason the 1st and 2nd Gen games intersect is because that was supposed to be the end of it. Hoenn and everything that followed was made by popular demand. Now they all have dollar signs in their eyes and will not let the series die gracefully. They will drive it into the dirt before it finally ends. Oh...wait it already has.

    • @PeruvianPotato
      @PeruvianPotato 4 года назад +1

      Care to explain Bart or Stewie?

  • @AlexNicot
    @AlexNicot 10 лет назад +16

    what if ash is like nurse joy and there are many of them and all the series happened the same time :o

    • @THEDEMENTEDONE01
      @THEDEMENTEDONE01 10 лет назад +4

      nice speculation but how does get all the pokemon from other regions

    • @megapwner1234
      @megapwner1234 10 лет назад +3

      THEDEMENTEDONE01 pokemon logic. that's how

    • @AlexNicot
      @AlexNicot 10 лет назад

      He does't he mearly has many of that pokemon that can use transform he then proceeded to cheat the pokedex that or there is some sort of poke exploder that spawned them

  • @LordEnder-bz3ox
    @LordEnder-bz3ox 8 лет назад +11

    Wait what if he was born on a leap year

  • @izzy1356
    @izzy1356 10 лет назад +24

    Not that this has anything to do with Ash's age, but anyone else wonder what he did with his ORIGINAL hat?
    Just wondering, since he FREAKED out about losing his hat at the episode he caught his Primape at. xD

    • @evanbao93
      @evanbao93 10 лет назад +10

      Probably left it at home, as a memory of his past adventures. He's grown mature enough not to be obsessed with the hat ever since that Primape episode. Personally, I don't mind now because he's currently wearing the hat I always wanted him to wear since Gen III.

    • @izzy1356
      @izzy1356 10 лет назад

      Evan Pan-Bao Nice explanation! :D

    • @AshFangirlLisa
      @AshFangirlLisa 10 лет назад +3

      Isabella Moore Hehe. Just watch my video called, "My Interview with the Chosen One - Ash Ketchum". I ask him a bunch of questions, including a question about his Official Pokemon League Expo hat. :)

    • @izzy1356
      @izzy1356 10 лет назад +1

      AshFangirlLisa Okay, THAT is awesome. xD

    • @thekingkoopajp8061
      @thekingkoopajp8061 10 лет назад

      Isabella Moore that is a good point if i remember the episode he enter some contest and sent in a bunch of letters to get that hat

  • @zachs7506
    @zachs7506 10 лет назад +7

    Here's one theory:
    Ash Ketchum doesn't age because if he did, he would become Chuck Norris.

  • @nogonip
    @nogonip 10 лет назад +12

    Digimon actually added new protagonists and brought cameos of old ones back multiple times. I always thought that was one of the coolest things about it.

  • @bluekirby64
    @bluekirby64 6 лет назад +18

    Everyone questions why Ash doesn't age but they don't question why he can't beat the Pokémon league but he can beat the battle frontier which is harder than the Pokémon league in the game

  • @Blazingnyancat
    @Blazingnyancat 10 лет назад +10

    His Legs are longer so I suppose he could be around 14.

  • @SegaMama91
    @SegaMama91 Год назад +6

    6:11 This aged like fine wine

  • @sillymcwilly4866
    @sillymcwilly4866 10 лет назад +15

    Ash seems like he's aged in X and Y and he looks about 14.
    Serena is his age and she appears to be "developing".
    I haven't seen it since like episode 5 or 6 is Serena a legit love interest for Ash finally or am I just imagining things?

    • @katemonster1897
      @katemonster1897 10 лет назад

      I've been watching X and Y lately and in my head I was like, "HOLYCRAPHOLYCRAPSERENAHASACRUSHONASH GAH!" I really think this Pokemon series will be really good!!!

    • @sillymcwilly4866
      @sillymcwilly4866 10 лет назад

      Really *****? Why doesn't it ever go anywhere? For character building sake.

    • @Silentgrace11
      @Silentgrace11 10 лет назад

      Joshua Kelly Probably because they know this character will not be sticking around, and don't want to have to make a mess severing threads when she has to leave. Not to mention that the anime is for 10 year olds, who are less likely to be concerned about relationships than older viewers.

    • @thekingkoopajp8061
      @thekingkoopajp8061 10 лет назад

      Joshua Kelly Serena is a legit love interest in the Japanese version there is an episode where they introduce serena's rival and at the end of the episode the rival whispers into her ear saying "if you don't do better ill win him from you" something close to that don't remember the words exactly but it seems like it

    • @thekingkoopajp8061
      @thekingkoopajp8061 10 лет назад

      Zardan Hussain that i didn't remember what she said word for word

  • @chezzington918
    @chezzington918 10 лет назад +11

    at least ashes hat ages!!!
    Seriously!

  • @BrentsCardsAndCoins
    @BrentsCardsAndCoins 9 лет назад +8

    Fact: Animated characters rarely age. South Park is a rare exception and even then, they age slowly.

  • @educatedbacon8167
    @educatedbacon8167 10 лет назад +15

    I'm guessing the reason we want him to grow up is because we are growing up.

  • @supervegito2277
    @supervegito2277 5 лет назад +4

    6:34 Digimon has done this (though the old protags returning mostly happens in Sequel series/movies)

  • @pokemongamer-oz9yn
    @pokemongamer-oz9yn 11 лет назад +7

    Pokemon logic:
    First Season Ash : Ash Becomes 10
    Second Season Ash: Unchanged
    Third Season Ash: Unchanged
    Fourth Season Ash: Unchanged
    Fifth Season Ash: Ash Becomes ... 10?
    Sixth Season Ash:Ash get's Teeth?

  • @Bardock2020
    @Bardock2020 10 лет назад +16

    The Time -skip in Naruto is 3 years.

  • @Jehowy123
    @Jehowy123 10 лет назад +7

    My theory is that since Pikachu is not evolving it affects Ash radioactively and he therefore ages slower O.o
    [cough]joke[cough]

  • @totalwarking7839
    @totalwarking7839 8 лет назад +29

    During the indigo league it's clearly stated in one of the episodes that ash turns 11. Since all the main regions are approximately the same size it's reasonable to assume that collecting eight badges and taking part in a league takes one entire year therefore by counting the number of leagues it's safe to assume that by the start of X and Y ash is between 14 - 15 years old. Furthermore ash's behaviour is clearly different in latest season showing that he is older. I don't understand why the writers refuse to abmit it.

    • @elecmetala7220
      @elecmetala7220 4 года назад +1

      @@witherboy7817 In Sun and Moon he is 11

    • @PeruvianPotato
      @PeruvianPotato 4 года назад +1

      Lets just say that Sun and Moon happened between Gen 3 and 4

    • @chrisclack4258
      @chrisclack4258 3 года назад

      Totalwarking7 if Ash Ketchum is on each journey for about A year or two and according to A they if Ash Ketchum did actually age at all he would be twenty and he left out one the pikachu and pichu mini movie well one of the two did and clearly the pokemon animer has no desire to age Ash Ketchum up to any age past age 10 on the pokemon anime at all

  • @theprotector6923
    @theprotector6923 10 лет назад +7

    Okay. Who ever thinks that ash is in a coma is incorrect. It is impossable. Simply the human brain cannot create new images. it will just recycle old faces so therefor THERE CANT BE OVER 300 POKEMON IF ASH ONLY LIVED FOR 10 YEARS IN THE SAME PLACE -_-

  • @t0pdoc
    @t0pdoc 10 лет назад +17

    2:51 in Black & White he is still 10 years old ._.

    • @shadowkill0522
      @shadowkill0522 10 лет назад +8

      #thanksobama

    • @shadowkill0522
      @shadowkill0522 10 лет назад +12


      #thanksobama
      #thanksobama 

    • @anonymousgt6566
      @anonymousgt6566 10 лет назад +1

      I've heard that in Black and White 1, he is eleven and in the 2nd ver. of B&W, he is already twelve, so in X&Y, he looks older because he "is twelve", and yes, this is a hypothesis, I think is pretty close to it right?

    • @Jay-fl5yr
      @Jay-fl5yr 10 лет назад +1

      Ash's route in the anime somewhat sticks with the games of BW. After awhile in BW, it turns a little more into BW2 (ghetsis' clothing, southwest unova...) If this is following the games, ash will be 12 at some point, it is often mentioned that BW2 took place 2 years after the original games.

    • @anonymousgt6566
      @anonymousgt6566 10 лет назад +1

      Yeah, I have watched it and it is really impresive, but childhood plus the rare motive to play pokmon after watching an episode makes me watch that show

  • @revtengu178
    @revtengu178 8 лет назад +9

    i think the ho-oh theory is the most believable one.

  • @kirinchecker
    @kirinchecker 9 лет назад +3

    Spongebob does not age, because you can watch the episodes in no particular order. Same goes for Mario or Bart. You can watch one episode, without having to watch another episode in order to understand it, because there's no real progress in any of the episodes or games. In Pokemon, there is progress. Yes, you don't really have to watch all episodes to understand another one, but you get the point.^^

  • @TheSilverDragon1
    @TheSilverDragon1 10 лет назад +10

    So what you are saying is that the pokemon anime should be more like the digimon anime?

  • @MiloticMaster
    @MiloticMaster 10 лет назад +6

    Kinda weird that I'm watching a 'subscribe to JWittz' ad...
    On JWittz's channel...
    When I'm already subscribed to him... _Nice job Google Ads..._

  • @BRISFU
    @BRISFU 10 лет назад +11

    What about Ash being turned into stone in the pokemon movie by mew and mewtwo, and then being well unstoned by the tears of the pokemon, maybe thats why he is forever 10. idk just another theory

    • @wx-7827
      @wx-7827 10 лет назад +2

      i get it
      but ill make it more sence. when mew and mewtwo turned ash to stone. the pokemon crying didnt work. its what he thoght it did. and thats why he never ages. another coma thery exept stone added

    • @akaryan3355
      @akaryan3355 10 лет назад +2

      Or you know the writers just want ash to be 10 forever to meet the age of the target audience of the show.

    • @NxtFlMRTYR
      @NxtFlMRTYR 10 лет назад +1

      akaRyan FAN THEORY BRO LOOK IT UP

    • @akaryan3355
      @akaryan3355 10 лет назад

      zach rasey *woosh*

    • @NxtFlMRTYR
      @NxtFlMRTYR 10 лет назад

      no I got wat ur saying but these are fun fan theory's not cannon that's wat I was saying to u man

  • @Nagasakevideo
    @Nagasakevideo 5 лет назад +5

    JoJo does the different protagonists and bringing back old ones....

    • @elecmetala7220
      @elecmetala7220 4 года назад +1

      JoJo's anime wasn't even that popular in 2013 (it was probably not even released).

    • @mattwolf7698
      @mattwolf7698 3 года назад +1

      @@elecmetala7220 The current series started in 2012, there was an OVA made back in the 90's though. That said, I don't think it really was that popular outside Japan until Stardust Crusaders started.

  • @williamangelsgaming3340
    @williamangelsgaming3340 10 лет назад +9

    Ash is a rip off of Red. Copyers!

  • @TheBigNerdGame
    @TheBigNerdGame 10 лет назад +7

    I don't even watch Pokemon but I watched the whole thing. Not bad.

  • @RobertAniFreak
    @RobertAniFreak 11 лет назад +9

    Simsons and Spongebob its a random cartoon show not a series
    James Bond its same guy just re imagining or next generation
    And Mario lets be honest people he is full of weird mushrooms, flowers and stuff like that and is eventually/if not transferred from real world where he was a shitty plumber to a magic world where he became a hero
    For Pokemon its kind of a mind fuck also considering how twisted some stories of pokemon are

    • @MegaAliveli
      @MegaAliveli 11 лет назад +2

      James Bond is just an alias.Just like The Phantom.

    • @RobertAniFreak
      @RobertAniFreak 11 лет назад +1

      So something like the "Avatar" but first one was Ahn now its Kora?

    • @BlackwingHecate
      @BlackwingHecate 11 лет назад +1

      Actually, the reason none of the Simpson cast ever ages is because the timeline of the show slides relative to the real world. It's 2013 now, and Bart is 10, so he was born on April 1st, 2003. Next year, it'll be 2014, and he'll have been born on April 1st, 2004, and so on. This allows the writers to tell the same stories (Homer and Marge meeting, their marriage, the kids being born, etc,) And have them be different, by setting them in different time eras, AND allows no one to ever age.

  • @amirsawalha7874
    @amirsawalha7874 8 лет назад +15

    ASH DOESNT AGE CAUSE ITS A CARTOON. TAKE THAT THEORISTS. ITS A CARTOON

  • @theTVchannel1000
    @theTVchannel1000 10 лет назад +9

    one of these days Pikachu will be dead and Ash will still be 10 years old O_O

    • @rawr51919
      @rawr51919 10 лет назад

      He'll still also be there.

  • @skitzwah
    @skitzwah 10 лет назад +7

    Everyone got it all wrong.... Ash is not Red, and Red is cool. Ash is not cool, so he can't age...

  • @XmortoxX1990
    @XmortoxX1990 7 лет назад +9

    Funny to think that Red and Blue and arround their 20s in Sun and Moon.

    • @lsswappedcessna
      @lsswappedcessna 5 лет назад +1

      Same with Hilbert and Hilda from BW, who were 16 at the time of BW2.

  • @maxigx
    @maxigx 10 лет назад +9

    To grow you need to eat, Ash doesn't have teeth until X and Y,so that means he doesn't grow. GENIUS! :P

  • @redchampion6412
    @redchampion6412 10 лет назад +9

    This is why Fanfiction exists.

  • @ThatBritishMexican
    @ThatBritishMexican 10 лет назад +9

    In the original language, Ash confirms he has 15 years old, in the American version they lied and always keeps him at the age of 10.

    • @ACCC
      @ACCC 10 лет назад +5

      what series/episode?

    • @ThatBritishMexican
      @ThatBritishMexican 10 лет назад

      my bad, I said "Ash confirms" I meant the narrator, it's the same episode that appears in this video where the narrator says "Ash Ketchum, 10 year old etc"

    • @ACCC
      @ACCC 10 лет назад +2

      no it doesnt in japanese it says this is masara town in the kanto region, one of the boys living in this town is satoshi, who is 10 years old, he is 10 in japan aswell

  • @ImmacHn
    @ImmacHn 10 лет назад +6

    Cmon JWittz, Digimon was the obvious answer at shows that successfully bring back protagonists as older characters.

  • @Velineco
    @Velineco 11 лет назад +7

    They could just keep the original show for kids...and make a side series with a new protagonist each season for their older Pokemon audience ; /
    they could milk more cash that way lol

    • @brichards71993
      @brichards71993 11 лет назад +2

      i don't even think too many young kids start playing pokemon anymore. i can almost guarantee more 20 year olds like myself play than 10 year olds. most people wouldn't start with x/y or even b/w. most people have at least started at gen 3.

  • @SleppyLeBo
    @SleppyLeBo 9 лет назад +7

    Pokemon XY anime comes out. Ash learned Bite! XD

  • @noahnauertz490
    @noahnauertz490 11 лет назад +5

    Ash is actualy over 1,000 years old. How i know you ask? one of the newest episodes fetures jarachi but jarachi only appers every 1,000 years but ash was in a movie with jarachi in hoenn. I KNOW RIGHT!!! OLD MAN!!

  • @JamesCPotter13
    @JamesCPotter13 10 лет назад +5

    Ash is really fourteen years old
    his birthday is February 29th
    that's why he's still 10, up until the day he started his journey, his mom and Professor Oak kept track chronologically until he hit 10
    After his journey starts, he goes back to the 'date aging' in which he only gains a year when February 29th officially passes.
    His friends know about it and love to make fun of him for it, so he doesn't bother correcting anyone anymore.

  • @activereplayar497
    @activereplayar497 10 лет назад +11

    I have a theory! Maybe Dialga and Palkia were just having a cup of coffee one day, and said, "Hey Palkia, let's keep this kid and his friends at the same age forever, they seem to love their life of catching and training pokemon.", "Yeah, that sounds like a great idea!". And THAT, is how this all happened... I think...

    • @vanessacunha9609
      @vanessacunha9609 10 лет назад +4

      It's a better theory than more than half of ANY poke pastas. My god some of them are horrible.

  • @Hutch2Much
    @Hutch2Much 5 лет назад +5

    thing is Ash doesn’t _act_ 10. he’s pretty mature for his age. i’d day he acts (as of XYZ and S/M) about 13-16